I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIYou can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
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Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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We moralize among ruins.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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